Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive dated 27 November 1942 for

dated 27 November 1942 for a wound suffered on 17 November

the bottom bears the text ULDRAHVA LUGEMINE (THE READING OF ALL THE PEOPLE)

the lid bearing the Socialist Federal Republic coat-of-arms and inscribed "MEDALJA ZA VOJNIČKE ZASLUGE"

The blade's obverse ricasso is maker marked "A

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive dated 27 November 1942 for(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with LDO code 100 for Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring 48. 42 mm (w) x 49. 04 mm (h), weighing 24. 8 grams, in extremely fine condition.